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LLOYD
family, of
Maesyfelin, Cards.

SirMARMADUKELLOYD
(
1585
-
1651?
),

first of his line to settle at
Maesyfelin
or
Millfield
, near
Lampeter, Cards.
, was b.
1585
, the son and heir of
ThomasLloyd
,
precentor
and
treasurer
of
S. Davids cathedral
, and nephew of
MarmadukeMiddleton
,
bishop of S. Davids
. He went to
Oriel College
,
Oxford
,
1599
(
B.A.1603
), and entered the
Middle Temple
26 March 1604
, becoming a
barrister-at-law
on
3 Nov. 1608
. He m.
Mary
, daughter of
John GwynStedman
of
Strata Florida, Cards.
, and had three sons and six daughters. He was
king's attorney
in
Wales
and the
Marches
,
1614-22
, was appointed to the
Council of the Marches3 Dec. 1614
, and was
knighted7 April 1622
. He was
recorder
of
Brecon
,
1617-36
,
puisne justice
of
Chester
,
1622-36
, and
chief justice
of the
Brecknock circuit
,
1636-45
.
SirMarmaduke
was a devoted
Royalist
and was taken prisoner
when
Hereford
was captured by the
Parliamentary forces
on
18 Dec. 1645
. He was imprisoned and not allowed to return to
Wales
, but after compounding was released in
1647
. His name appears, however, among a list of prisoners taken by
colonelHorton
after the
Royalist
defeat at
S. Fagans
,
8 May 1648
. He was alive in
March 1650
, but his will was proved on
8 Nov. 1651
. He was an intimate friend of
ReesPrichard
(q.v.
),
vicar
of
Llandovery
.

Author:

SirMarmaduke
was succeeded by his eldest son,
FRANCISLLOYD
.
FrancisLloyd
, the date of whose birth is unknown, m. (1)
Mary
, daughter of
JohnVaughan
,
earl of Carbery
, and (2)
Bridget
, daughter of
RichardLeigh
, who was
mayor
of
Carmarthen
in
1666
. By
Bridget
he had had, during his first wife's lifetime, two sons,
Lucius
and
Charles
.

FrancisLloyd
was
M.P.
for
Carmarthen
from
9 March 1640
until he was ‘disabled’ from sitting,
5 Feb. 1644
. An active
Royalist
like his father, he was
comptroller of the household
to
Charles
I
, and was
knighted
at
Oxford
,
24 March 1643
. He was
commander-in-chief of the horse
for the
king
in
Pembrokeshire
, and was one of the
Royalist commanders
who fled precipitately from
Haverfordwest
before that town was captured by
RowlandLaugharne
(q.v.)
in
1644
. He was later, together with his father, taken prisoner at
Hereford
in
Dec. 1645
.
SirFrancis
compounded for his estates
24 Jan. 1646
, but it appears that he again took up arms, and, like his father, was taken prisoner at the
battle of S. Fagans
. At the
Restoration
he was appointed a
gentleman of the privy chamber
to
Charles
II
. He d. in
1669
and was buried at
Lampeter
.

Author:

A second son of
SirMarmaduke
, also named
MARMADUKELLOYD
, was the father of
FRANCISLLOYD
(
1655
-
1704
), of
Ludlow
and
Crickadarn
,
Brecknock
, who was
M.P.
for
Ludlow
,
1691-5
,
attorney-general
of
Glamorgan
,
Brecknock
, and
Radnor
,
1689-95
, and
puisne justice
of
Anglesey
,
Caernarvon
, and
Merioneth
,
1695-1701
, and of the
Carmarthen circuit
,
1701-2
. From
1692
until his death in
1704
he was
recorder
of
Ludlow
.

Author:

SirFrancisLloyd
was succeeded in his estates by his second natural son
CHARLESLLOYD
(
1662
-
1723
), the elder,
Lucius
, having died during his father's lifetime. He was educated at
Jesus College
,
Oxford
. He m. (1)
Jane
, daughter of
MorganLloyd
of
Greengrove
, by whom he had two daughters, and (2)
Frances
, daughter of
SirFrancisCornwallis
of
Abermarlais, Carms.
— he had issue by her, two sons and four daughters.
CharlesLloyd
, who was
M.P.
for the
Cardigan boroughs
from
1698 to 1701
, was
knighted
in
1693
and created a
baronet
in
1708
. He was
high sheriff
for
Cardiganshire
in
1690
and for
Carmarthenshire
in
1716
. He d.
28 Dec. 1723
, and was buried at
Lampeter
, being succeeded by his elder son,
SirCHARLESLLOYD
, the
second baronet
. He m. a
MissJennings
of
Anderton, Som.
, but d. on
25 Feb. 1729
at the age of 24. He was succeeded by his younger brother,
SirLUCIUSLLOYD
, who m.
Anne
, daughter of
WalterLloyd
of
Peterwell
.
SirLucius
, who was
high sheriff
for
Cardiganshire
in
1746
, d. without issue on
18 Jan. 1750
. With him the family became extinct in the male line and his estates passed to the
Lloyds
of
Peterwell
(see next article).

Sources:

William Edmunds
,
On some old families in the neighbourhood of
Lampeter, Cardiganshire read before the thirteenth annual
meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Association at
Cardigan, 1859
(Denbigh, 1860)
;

W. R. Williams
, (1)
The history of the Great Sessions in Wales,
1542-1830 together with the lives of the Welsh judges, and
annotated lists of the chamberlains and chancellors,
attorney generals, and prothonotaries of the four circuits
of Chester and Wales
(Brecknock, 1899)
, (2)
The History of the Parliamentary
Representation of Wales
(1895)
;

Author:

Corrections and additions:

LLOYD
(FAMILY),
Maesyfelin
(
DWB
, 572-3).

FRANCISLLOYD
m. once only (d.
1669
). He
was survived by his wife,
Mary
(née
Vaughan
)
. She d. at
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
; her will was proved in
London31 Dec. 1677
.
BridgetLeigh
was the mother of the three children of
FrancisLloyd
(the two sons, and his daughter,
Frances
).
Bridget
m. after
Francis
d. (and
not later than 1676
) one
JohnFarrington
.